The Yale Law Journal

Eric S. Fish

Note

The Twenty-Sixth Amendment Enforcement Power

Eric S. Fish


121 Yale L.J. 1168 (2012).


This Note argues that the Twenty-Sixth Amendment did more than just lower the voting age. It also gave Congress the power to override state policies that disproportionately burden the voting rights of particular age groups, such as strict voter ID laws and onerous absentee …